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Kid Rock accepts NAACP award in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — Grammy-nominated artist Kid Rock told nearly 10,000 people at the Detroit NAACP branch's annual fundraising dinner that his use of the Confederate flag during on-stage performances has nothing to do with how he feels about blacks....Tags: Racism, Civil Rights, Music, Entertainment, Justice and Rights
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NAACP Elects Roslyn Brock as Youngest Board Chair
Associated PressNEW YORK -- The NAACP elected a health care executive as its youngest board chairman Saturday, continuing a youth movement for the nation's oldest civil rights organization. Roslyn M. Brock, 44, was chosen to succeed Julian Bond. She had been vice...Tags: Education, Health and Safety at School, Colleges and Universities, Racism, Elections
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Unapologetic Wright speaks out
Tribune correspondentDETROIT — The embattled pastor of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told a crowd on Sunday that he is "running for Jesus," not public office, and Americans should know by now that "different does not mean deficient" when it comes to the...Tags: Jeremiah Wright, Christianity, Republican Party, African Americans, Barack Obama
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REV. JESSE JACKSON: God's frequent flier
Tribune staff reporterThe ice pick-thin woman in noisy stiletto heels click, click, clicks across the polished floor of the Fox News building, the ministry of information for the American Right. She is wearing skin-tight jeans. Stylish or starving, it is hard to tell from...Tags: Midway Airport, Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama, Transportation, Regional Authority
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Battle for Michigan exposes divisions
The Swampby Jill Zuckman MT. CLEMENS, Mich. -- With its pounding beat and desperate lyrics, "Eight Mile" by Detroit rap artist Eminem isn't just a song. It's an ode to the highway that serves as a physical and psychological divider between......Tags: Corporate Crime, Barack Obama, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Real Estate Transactions
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When it comes to race, Obama makes his point--with subtlety
Tribune national correspondentThe night before the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum was dedicated, Barack Obama sat awake in his room at the Renaissance Hotel, agonizing over a speech he would deliver about a man he calls his political hero. As midnight approached, after...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama, Lincoln National Corporation, Maxine Waters, Los Angeles
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